Sentences with phrase «in points cost»

In the case of Economy, the shorter segments will have an increase in points cost, with the longer flights decreasing slightly in costs.

Not exact matches

A superficial analysis might point to Canadian government investment incentives and labour costs, relative to those in parts of the U.S. and in certain emerging economies.

Top - end machines from both iRobot and Dyson currently cost an arm and a leg, but with the two engaged in a battle for consumers» floors, robovacs will presumably get better and cheaper quickly, to the point where they may become something every household is going to want.

Canceling the game that day would have cost the team points in the Spanish league, La Liga.

The underlying combined ratio of 95.5 % increased 1.1 points, primarily driven by (i) loss cost trends that modestly exceeded earned pricing, the impact of which has been moderating in recent quarters, and (ii) normal quarterly variability in both loss activity and expenses.

The changes point more towards the creation of a «leaner cost structure» in getting Bombardier aerospace products ready for their eventual debut.

«As your costs come down, and income from your investments gets re-invested in more investments, at some point you will experience the bewildering and joyful moment when your wealth starts to spiral upwards,» Jason said.

OTTAWA — Rising gasoline and car prices fuelled the first significant spike in Canada's cost of living since February last month, lifting the annual inflation by half a point to 1.2 per cent — still low by historial standards.

From his perspective, there was no point in releasing a handy data - and web - enabled device if people weren't going to use it because of its prohibitive cost, so he somehow forced AT&T to play ball.

If you have the means to cover the salary for 90 days, and in that time you're able to grow the business to a point where you can cover the cost of the new employee, then go ahead and hire.

To give you an idea of just how long you have to stay in a city for it to be worth your money to buy, personal finance site SmartAsset calculated the breakeven point — the point at which the total costs of renting become greater than the total costs of buying — for 29 major cities.

But the more important point looking ahead is that CEO Brian Krzanich is ignoring all the sunk costs of failed and dying efforts to compete in mobile and investing in areas where maybe — just maybe — Intel can leapfrog ahead of the competition.

This comes in handy because, in many cases, it costs fewer points to book a trip if you go through one of those programs, as opposed to using the points as cash.

Chase had already signed up about 400 customers on the basis, in part, of that price point, but she quickly realized she would not succeed as a company if she didn't adjust the cost.

But when it comes to the place to settle down, Deutsche Bank pointed to Wellington in New Zealand at the top of the quality - of - life index, based on eight variables: purchasing power, safety, healthcare, cost of living, house price - to - income, commuting time, pollution and climate.

Meanwhile, «transportation in the U.S. costs the equivalent of less than one yuan ($) per kilometer, while road tolls [in China] are higher,» he added, pointing out that some mid - and small - sized Chinese enterprises have already started moving to Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Cambodia for cheaper wages and materials.

In 2015, make it a point to not only avoid bullying at all costs, but call out bullying by others as unacceptable.

As lawmakers and the public scrutinize dramatic price increases for other old drugs — most recently with the Mylan - owned EpiPen, which saw its cost go up by 500 % in the past nine years — the next flash point may be insulin, a drug both ubiquitous and complicated.

The agency commissioned a survey that found 720,000 families would struggle to make payments on their home - equity loans if interest rates rose by a mere 0.25 percent, and almost one million would be in trouble if borrowing costs rose a full percentage point.

But a Canadian expansion of the Internet's unseen «nervous system» in the form of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) aims to reduce that cost.

IDC also pointed out a large reason for the Chromebook's success: the low - cost devices have been a hit with K - 12 schools in the United States, even though the company is still looking to break into consumer and business markets.

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These cost - cutting strategies have now become the plus point for SpaceX to compete against the giants in the industry and for the first time, it is looking possible for the low - cost passenger flights in the space.

As a result, their costs would go up, possibly dramatically, which was the whole point of UBB in the first place.

The company has responded with statements saying that it's not as dependent on drug price increases as critics have claimed; it has also pointed out that while attention has focused on changes in list prices for drugs, those prices don't reflect the actual cost for insurers, governments and other group purchasers, which typically receive discounts that aren't publicly disclosed.

If one party in the divorce is inclined to litigate, it can be worth pointing out the higher cost of going to court, along with the control you give up.

The companies are ranked based on their position in the 2017 Franchise 500, which evaluates more than 150 data points in the areas of costs and fees, size and growth, franchisee support, brand strength, and financial strength and stability.

Crossing the tipping point in efficiency and cost has made returns on those sources, respectively, jump to 10 % and 17 % annually over the last three years, with lower volatility.

«The curtailments will contribute to the Company's long - term goal of lowering Alcoa's position on the world aluminum production cost curve by 10 percentage points,» the company said in a statement.

Defenders of high educator salaries always note that they're necessary given the high cost of living in the area, and it's a valid point.

Plus, the fees tend to be low and, as Buffett points out, «costs really matter in investments.

The first two points are limited in the impact they demonstrate: The Temple study showed no decrease in DUI deaths on weekends, when the cost of UberX rides tends to rise with demand - based pricing, while the data from Seattle is only from that one city.

While getting employees out of the office on their annual day of service can cost between $ 150,000 to $ 200,000, Williams is quick to point out, «The passion this creates and the bond it instills in a company makes it one of the best ROI decisions you could possibly make.»

You always want to keep your cost base low, but ultimately the point here is to bring more in.

Either option will cost roughly 0.75 percentage points in extra fees.

He points out that while the Internet has slashed or even eliminated the price of entertainment, people have historically enjoyed many leisure activities that didn't cost much money, including taking solitary walks in the park and spending quality time with family members who weren't perpetually distracted by Twitter.

Other cities earn a relative score, where a one - point increase or decrease equates to a 1 % change in the cost of living.

After applying for five different design patents, finding a supplier for the prototype, and coming up with a low - cost price point, Braga contacted buyers in catalogs.

At some point, this becomes compulsive engineering, and the tradeoffs in time to market, cost and user friendliness move the product out of the intended market.

The price point of $ 8.99 per month takes aim squarely at Netflix, which currently costs $ 7.99 monthly but is set to raise prices in the coming year.

Case in point: a family that used to spend hundreds per month going out to the movies can now binge - watch all four seasons of House of Cards on Netflix in 30 days for less than the cost of a large popcorn.

Given growing doctor shortages and increasing pressure for cost control, more medical care will be pushed downstream to nurse practitioners, mini-practices inside retailers» locations, and in mobile - van and in - home practices and via online, where diagnosis and issuance of prescriptions is an evolving business very near the tipping point of a boom.

With credit card debt rising steadily, the quarter - percentage - point increase in the federal funds rate will cost consumers roughly $ 1.6 billion in extra finance charges in 2017, according to a WalletHub analysis.

Because of the high costs of moving goods from point A to point B, corporations are always on the lookout to save money in addition to improving service.

But in the quarter ending Dec. 31, which included the key holiday season, handbags costing $ 400 or more generated 50 % of sales, up 20 percentage points from a year earlier.

He has a point: The typical credit card charges more than 16 percent interest, so not paying off your balance in full each month could cost you.

The company wanted to offer value - added services as a means of establishing a point of differentiation between itself and the hundreds of low - cost software testing factories in south - east Asia.

D'Avignon pointed out that Alberta and B.C. have the most integrated economies in Canada and if costs rise in B.C., it will affect the cost of trade goods going to Alberta and the cost to ship Alberta products such as grain from West Coast ports.

Williamson said the PMIs pointed to fourth - quarter GDP growth of 0.1 percent, weaker than the 0.2 percent predicted in a Reuters poll last week, but that very weak expansion is coming at a cost: firms cut prices for the 33rd month.

Businesses, from startups to Fortune 500s, need to adopt a similar mindset when it comes to their own commanders - in - chief, because cyber attacks are a low - cost, low - risk way to steal intellectual property, business intelligence and ultimately the company's money — and the C - suite (along with other key figures, like a head engineer or programmer) is definitely a focal point for criminals.